DeltaModules vs Envy/Ginsu Class Extensions (was Re: Squeak
Starter)
Avi Bryant
squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org
Sat Oct 19 20:01:37 UTC 2002
On Sat, 19 Oct 2002, Doug Way wrote:
> (Avi, are the DVS "logical modules" similar to Envy/Ginsu with Class
> Extensions?)
Well, they're intended to be used that way, although as Daniel and I point
out later in this thread, they can also be (ab)used to modify/remove
existing methods. The real problem, of course, is if multiple modules try
to modify the same methods - there's no way for DVS to handle that very
well.
Avi
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